Bubble Tea… Excursion: The State of Toronto’s Downtown Core Boba in 4756 4 Aug 2019 When I was a child I was subjected to a number of travelogue photo slideshows courtesy of my mother's best friend. Although mind numbing, I do credit a lot…
Fashion… Tea Excursion: Toronto, 2019 19 May 201920 May 2019 If you're at all familiar with Asian cultures, you've no doubt encountered "the culture of cute". I like to think the culture of cute originated with Hello Kitty and shoujo…
90%… Egyptian Camomile ~ The Metropolitan Tea Company 28 Aug 201625 Sep 2016 I have historically had a definite love/hate relationship with camomile. Obviously, the most glaring issue to mind arises from the fact that Matricaria chamomilla and Chamaemelum nobile, two plants of the herbaceous Asteraceae family (also including…
95%… Laos Black #05 ~ Steepster 25 Feb 201625 Sep 2016 I won't belabor the obvious parallels. Even a child would be able to recognize that what I've obviously constructed here is a strikingly accurate 1:100,000,000 representation of…
Photography… Doctor Stop vs. Cast Iron, or why this looks like a hiatus but isn’t 24 Feb 201625 Sep 2016 I have been hesitate to post anything in the past couple weeks for two reasons: First I have been dealing with a massive knot of challenging hospitalisation and interpersonal issues…
Photography… Help me win tea to review! 22 Jan 201625 Sep 2016 All this week TeaSource is promoting their new website by doing giveaways and contests. One of those contests is a photo contest with a grand prize being free tea for a…
Photography… The History of Tea in Photos: Part I 19 Dec 201519 Dec 2015 Probably the most triggering image I have yet come across in my study of tea. A Sikkimese woman carrying a British man on her back, West Bengal, India, circa 1900.…